Re: FC5 Boot Issue?

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On Sun, 2006-03-19 at 16:32 -0600, Anthony Messina wrote:

> i understand very clearly your position, mike.  however, i would like to 
> point out that the many users on this list may be in a better position 
> to offer support after more people (perhaps) encounter the same problem 
> that the original poster is having.

Agreed (unless the ones who helped test are on this list).

> as you may well know, if you are the only person in the world having a 
> problem with any open source solution, it is difficult to get support. 
> on the other hand, if it's a "known issue," the resolution comes a bit 
> more quickly.  the same holds true for proprietary solutions.  ever try 
> to call microsoft for help after you've scoured their support site with 
> no answer and the phone tech asks if you've checked the website; cause 
> that's what s/he's doing! *grumble*

True.

> i do suspect, though, that the issue of installing on a notebook will 
> become more of an issue tomorrow, as 3 cases have surfaced already. 
> maybe tomorrow, people can document the specifics of the issue including 
> hardware, etc.

This may be true as well.

> after the official release, we can also then be more assured that s/he 
> is using a real release.  it would be possible for any mirror or it's 
> maintainer to rename the fc5-test3 releases and put them ina '5' 
> directory just to joke around - though i'm not suggesting that is the 
> case, but, as your footer says, it might be funny if it were so, and 
> maybe even hilarious if it were a production system. :)

Heh, but I would suspect that they are offical anyway :P

-- 
Mike Chambers
Madisonville, KY

"It's only funny until someone gets hurt, then it's hilarious!"


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